A group of novel synthetic opioids emerging in illicit drugs in the United States may be more powerful than fentanyl, 1,000 times more potent than morphine, and may even require more doses of the ...

Natural opioids, or opiates, are a class of pain relief medications that derive from the opium poppy. They help relieve painful sensations by preventing pain signals from the body to the brain.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently banned the sale and use of nine synthetic opioids, compounds called nitazenes that are stronger than fentanyl, in the state. Theses man-made opioids were never approved ...

(CNN) — A group of novel synthetic opioids emerging in illicit drugs in the United States may be more powerful than fentanyl, 1,000 times more potent than morphine, and may even require more doses of ...